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International technology news, business & cultureFri, 09 Dec 2016 20:36:58 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7TheNextWebGooglehttps://feedburner.google.comGoogle’s new website lets you tour NYC’s holiday decorhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWebGoogle/~3/uKplFmY0j18/
http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/07/googles-new-website-lets-tour-nycs-holiday-decor/#respondWed, 07 Dec 2016 15:05:34 +0000http://thenextweb.com/?p=1013306<img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qlUqiSOA6Hg/hqdefault.jpg"><br />One of the best parts of living in New York City during the holidays is experiencing all of the holiday decorations (if you can make your way around the crowds of tourists, that is). But now you can experience some of the cities best decorations all the way from your home using Google’s new Window Wonderland website. The virtual tour allows you to visit 18 holiday setups in NYC, including Bloomingdale’s, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany, and many others (most of these located on Manhattan’s 5th Ave). The images were shot with high res cameras so you can zoom in the details,&#8230; <br><br><a href="http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/07/googles-new-website-lets-tour-nycs-holiday-decor/?utm_source=social&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=profeed">This story continues</a> at The Next Web<br/><br/>Or just read more coverage about: <a href='http://thenextweb.com/company/google/'>Google</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWebGoogle/~4/uKplFmY0j18" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/07/googles-new-website-lets-tour-nycs-holiday-decor/feed/0http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/07/googles-new-website-lets-tour-nycs-holiday-decor/Google will power its global operations solely with renewable energy starting next yearhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWebGoogle/~3/d0qt3SAhPEw/
http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/07/google-renewable-energy-2017/#respondWed, 07 Dec 2016 13:38:20 +0000http://thenextweb.com/?p=1013472<img src="https://cdn0.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2016/02/Google_ed-1200x600.png" width="1200" height="600"><br />Over the years, Google has diligently devoted itself to converting its operations to run entirely on renewable energy – and it seems the tech giant is finally approaching its ultimate goal. In a new blog post, the Big G announced it will power its data centers and offices exclusively with renewable energy starting from next year, in what the company described as a “landmark moment.” Google is already the world’s biggest corporate buyer of renewable electricity with 44 percent of its power needs supplied by solar and wind farms, but the company is fixing to raise this number to 100 percent by&#8230; <br><br><a href="http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/07/google-renewable-energy-2017/?utm_source=social&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=profeed">This story continues</a> at The Next Web<br/><br/>Or just read more coverage about: <a href='http://thenextweb.com/company/google/'>Google</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWebGoogle/~4/d0qt3SAhPEw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/07/google-renewable-energy-2017/feed/0http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/07/google-renewable-energy-2017/Google makes app updates 65% smaller but twice slowerhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWebGoogle/~3/kaj7gESyTog/
http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/07/google-app-updates-reduce-size/#respondWed, 07 Dec 2016 11:22:58 +0000http://thenextweb.com/?p=1013417<img src="https://cdn1.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2016/12/shutterstock_526638157-796x425.jpg" width="796" height="425"><br />Google today announced it has implemented a new method of rolling out app updates through the Play Store that will significantly reduce your data usage – but not without any downsides. While the optimized algorithm shrinks the size of app updates by 65 percent on average, it also makes them twice as slow. Because of this drawback, Google is limiting the new method solely to automatic updates to avoid spoiling your mobile experience. Here’s how Google software engineer Andrew Hayden explained the rationale behind this: [Automatic] updates […] take place […] usually at night when your phone is plugged into power and you’re not likely to be&#8230; <br><br><a href="http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/07/google-app-updates-reduce-size/?utm_source=social&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=profeed">This story continues</a> at The Next Web<br/><br/>Or just read more coverage about: <a href='http://thenextweb.com/company/google/'>Google</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWebGoogle/~4/kaj7gESyTog" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/07/google-app-updates-reduce-size/feed/0http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/07/google-app-updates-reduce-size/Chrome for Android now lets you download media and web pages for offline viewinghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWebGoogle/~3/7U6ICX1ngl4/
http://thenextweb.com/apps/2016/12/07/chrome-android-now-lets-download-media-web-pages-offline-viewing/#respondWed, 07 Dec 2016 10:10:08 +0000http://thenextweb.com/?p=1013418<img src="https://cdn0.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2016/08/Chrome-OS-796x398.jpg" width="796" height="398"><br />Google has today announced that it’ll start distributing a much-requested update (version 55.0.2883.84) for Chrome for Android via the Play Store over the course of the next few days. In addition to the usual plethora of bug fixes, the upgrade brings users the facility to download music, videos and even full web pages for offline viewing, as well as the option to share downloads from within Chrome itself. The firm also noted that the latest build of Chrome introduces a new feature that highlights misspelled words in text fields, and brings several improvements to the contextual search user interface. To&#8230; <br><br><a href="http://thenextweb.com/apps/2016/12/07/chrome-android-now-lets-download-media-web-pages-offline-viewing/?utm_source=social&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=profeed">This story continues</a> at The Next Web<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWebGoogle/~4/7U6ICX1ngl4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://thenextweb.com/apps/2016/12/07/chrome-android-now-lets-download-media-web-pages-offline-viewing/feed/0http://thenextweb.com/apps/2016/12/07/chrome-android-now-lets-download-media-web-pages-offline-viewing/Google’s upcoming drone delivery service derailed by an unlikely foe: treeshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWebGoogle/~3/eYPes9ucDz0/
http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/07/googles-upcoming-drone-delivery-service-derailed-by-an-unlikely-foe-trees/#respondWed, 07 Dec 2016 00:25:27 +0000http://thenextweb.com/?p=1013379<img src="https://cdn3.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2016/09/ProjectWingPrototype-796x448.jpg" width="796" height="448"><br />Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has an ambitious plan for a marketplace where customers could order anything from coffee to toilet paper and have it within minutes. The drone-delivery service was slated for a 2017 launch after getting the go-ahead from the FAA to begin testing the unmanned aerial vehicles in the United States. Back in September, Alphabet delivered its first burrito, from Chipotle, to a student at Virginia Tech. Since, Alphabet began performing tests with Starbucks and a handful of others — like Whole Foods Market and Domino’s Pizza — as part of its ‘Wing Marketplace.’ Starbucks pulled out of negotiations shortly&#8230; <br><br><a href="http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/07/googles-upcoming-drone-delivery-service-derailed-by-an-unlikely-foe-trees/?utm_source=social&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=profeed">This story continues</a> at The Next Web<br/><br/>Or just read more coverage about: <a href='http://thenextweb.com/company/google/'>Google</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWebGoogle/~4/eYPes9ucDz0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/07/googles-upcoming-drone-delivery-service-derailed-by-an-unlikely-foe-trees/feed/0http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/07/googles-upcoming-drone-delivery-service-derailed-by-an-unlikely-foe-trees/Google Play Movies rolls out 4K resolution at lasthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWebGoogle/~3/AEzmklzqU1U/
http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/06/google-play-movies-rolls-4k-resolution-last/#respondTue, 06 Dec 2016 21:44:45 +0000http://thenextweb.com/?p=1013369<img src="https://cdn3.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2016/11/Screenshot_2016-11-18-12-20-34-1-796x412.png" width="796" height="412"><br />A few weeks ago it seemed like Google was all ready to start rolling out 4K movies, but it turned out it to be a mistake. Now the higher resolution option has arrived, for real this time. Google says there are 125 films currently available in 4K, with more on the way soon. The videos are encoded in Google’s VP9 codec, and there doesn’t seem to be any support for HDR as of yet. Google says 4K support is currently enabled on the Chromecast Ultra, Sony Bravia Android TVs, and Xiaomi Mi Box 3, but the option showed up&#8230; <br><br><a href="http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/06/google-play-movies-rolls-4k-resolution-last/?utm_source=social&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=profeed">This story continues</a> at The Next Web<br/><br/>Or just read more coverage about: <a href='http://thenextweb.com/company/google/'>Google</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWebGoogle/~4/AEzmklzqU1U" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/06/google-play-movies-rolls-4k-resolution-last/feed/0http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/06/google-play-movies-rolls-4k-resolution-last/You can now tweet emoji @Google to search stuffhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWebGoogle/~3/_4C08Dwqzfw/
http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/06/can-now-tweet-emoji-google-search-stuff/#respondTue, 06 Dec 2016 19:19:42 +0000http://thenextweb.com/?p=1013356<img src="https://cdn2.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2016/09/google-sign-796x398.jpg" width="796" height="398"><br />Are you so much of a Twitter diehard that you can’t even bear to leave the site to perform a Google search? Do you speak in emoji? Then Google has some news for you: you can now tweet emoji directly to @Google and get search results. Say you want to eat sushi. Just tweet Sushi @Google and you’ll be provided with a result. Want Pizza? How about a burger? If there’s an emoji for it, Google can help you out. You can also tweet non-food emoji for suggestions on things to do or places to visit, and there are a&#8230; <br><br><a href="http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/06/can-now-tweet-emoji-google-search-stuff/?utm_source=social&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=profeed">This story continues</a> at The Next Web<br/><br/>Or just read more coverage about: <a href='http://thenextweb.com/company/google/'>Google</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWebGoogle/~4/_4C08Dwqzfw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/06/can-now-tweet-emoji-google-search-stuff/feed/0http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/06/can-now-tweet-emoji-google-search-stuff/The Google app will now split your updates into two separate feedshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWebGoogle/~3/GDWC4Rp8YKs/
http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/06/google-app-will-now-split-updates-two-separate-feeds/#respondTue, 06 Dec 2016 16:00:20 +0000http://thenextweb.com/?p=1013327<img src="https://cdn1.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2016/12/Google-Now-App-796x435.jpg" width="796" height="435"><br />Google’s main app can provide some useful information like reminders about meetings and travel tips, but sometimes useful tidbits get lost within other updates and suggestions. To help keep things a bit less cluttered, Google will now separate your information cards into two sections. Instead of just one massive list, there will be a ‘Upcoming’ tab for all your personal updates – like flights, meetings, and travel time – and a ‘Feed’ tab for current events – think sports, news, and weather. Users in the US will also now see a new card that lets them choose the specific topics they want&#8230; <br><br><a href="http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/06/google-app-will-now-split-updates-two-separate-feeds/?utm_source=social&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=profeed">This story continues</a> at The Next Web<br/><br/>Or just read more coverage about: <a href='http://thenextweb.com/company/google/'>Google</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWebGoogle/~4/GDWC4Rp8YKs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/06/google-app-will-now-split-updates-two-separate-feeds/feed/0http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/06/google-app-will-now-split-updates-two-separate-feeds/Google’s new safety app lets you share your location with loved oneshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWebGoogle/~3/lWlNP3QQWDA/
http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/05/google-launches-its-own-version-of-facebooks-safety-check/#respondMon, 05 Dec 2016 15:28:24 +0000http://thenextweb.com/?p=1013110<img src="https://cdn2.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2016/12/Google-Trusted-Contacts-796x497.jpg" width="796" height="497"><br />Google is making it easier for your close friends and family to keep track of you with its new Trusted Contacts app for Android. The idea is simple: assign some of your contacts as “trusted” and they’ll be able to request your location and see your current activity status. If you don’t respond to a location request within five minutes, it will be automatically shared with these contacts. It’s basically Google’s version of the Weasley clock in Harry Potter. The general idea is to be able to make sure loved ones are safe, though it’s not hard to see it coming&#8230; <br><br><a href="http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/05/google-launches-its-own-version-of-facebooks-safety-check/?utm_source=social&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=profeed">This story continues</a> at The Next Web<br/><br/>Or just read more coverage about: <a href='http://thenextweb.com/company/google/'>Google</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWebGoogle/~4/lWlNP3QQWDA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/05/google-launches-its-own-version-of-facebooks-safety-check/feed/0http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/05/google-launches-its-own-version-of-facebooks-safety-check/Google to reward UK Android Pay users over the festive seasonhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWebGoogle/~3/UxXbLqVdu8o/
http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/05/google-reward-uk-android-pay-users-festive-season/#respondMon, 05 Dec 2016 14:41:25 +0000http://thenextweb.com/?p=1013089<img src="https://cdn1.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2016/12/AndroidPay-796x413.png" width="796" height="413"><br />Contactless payments are hugely popular in the UK. The technology allows people to quickly pay for low-value items simply by tapping an RFID-enabled debit or credit card, or a smartphone against a special reader. With almost four percent of card purchases now made using the technology, representing £2.4 billion ($3 billion) in sales during September alone, you can see why Google is eager to make inroads into this booming market. Until the end of the year, Google is offering some pretty sweet incentives to those using the technology to pay for stuff. Every time someone uses Android Pay in a&#8230; <br><br><a href="http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/05/google-reward-uk-android-pay-users-festive-season/?utm_source=social&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=profeed">This story continues</a> at The Next Web<br/><br/>Or just read more coverage about: <a href='http://thenextweb.com/company/google/'>Google</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWebGoogle/~4/UxXbLqVdu8o" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/05/google-reward-uk-android-pay-users-festive-season/feed/0http://thenextweb.com/google/2016/12/05/google-reward-uk-android-pay-users-festive-season/